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As part of their Social Studies unit, the third graders in Linda Webster’s
class at Rivergold School are participating in a year-long community
service project called Secret Friends. The goal of the project is
to instill leadership qualities in the students.
“We all know that true community leaders give back to their community,”
Webster says. “They seek to make their community a better place in
which to live. These third graders will make Rivergold School ‘the
happiest place on Earth’ by making students’ or staff members’ daily
lives a little happier.”
Every month, each student will choose a Secret Friend. The students
will draw or paint pictures, make cards, pay them compliments, tell
them jokes, bring them a flower from their gardens and so forth.
“The children will learn firsthand how gratifying it is to make someone’s
daily life more cheerful,” Webster says.
They challenge other third graders in the mountain area to start their
own Secret Friends project.
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